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intellectual

adjective

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Relating to thought, understanding, or the exercise of the mind.

The seminar offered an intellectual challenge without assuming that every participant had the same background.
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In an academic seminar, students compared how two fictional neighborhoods organized their shared spaces using details from an assigned novel. The exercise was intellectual because it required sustained thought about relationships among evidence, interpretation, and social arrangements.
From Speaking Precisely in a Seminar.
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